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Obama calls Netanyahu to discuss Iran negotiations

President Obama reached out to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday after the Israeli leader expressed anger in the face of signs that the U.S. is inching toward an interim agreement with Iran

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President Obama reached out to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday after the Israeli leader expressed anger in the face of signs that the U.S. is inching toward an interim agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.

Obama called Netanyahu and provided him with details of the ongoing negotiations between the five permanent members of U.N. Security Council and Germany with Iranian officials in Geneva, according to a White House statement.

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva on Friday for the P5+1 meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif. Kerry, who flew to Geneva from Israel, met with Netanyahu for two hours on Friday.

After his meeting with Kerry, Netanyahu offered a stinging statement in which he suggested the U.S. was unwisely headed toward an interim agreement with Iran to reduce sanctions.

"They wanted relief of sanctions after years of grueling sanctions, they got that. They paid nothing because they are not reducing in any way their nuclear enrichment capability. So Iran got the deal of the century and the international community got a bad deal," Netanyahu fumed.

The White House said Obama underscored to Netanyahu "his strong commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon" but did not provide any other substantive details of the call.

Upon arriving in Geneva on Friday, Kerry told reporters "there is not an agreement at this point in time." He added, "There are still some important issues on the table that are unresolved."

Earlier on Friday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters "there is no deal," and that "any critique of the deal is premature."